Stranger Things fans, this is for you. Looking for an appetizer to celebrate the Upside Down? Make this creepy Demogorgon Cheese Ball! Clearly my mom never taught me not to play with my food, hehe.

I laughed out loud when my brother asked me to bring a demogorgon cheese ball to his Stranger Things watch party and yet I managed to figure it out. It was even quite fun to make!

A delicious aged cheddar cheese ball wrapped with prosciutto forms the base while thick-cut salami, pine nuts, and black olives makes the demogorgon’s terrifying face.

The pine nuts was the most labor-intensive part but so worth it! I actually didn’t cut all of them. Sorting through, I realized some pine nuts are naturally pointy so that helped expedite the process. I hope you love this spooky cheese ball as much as I do!

Demogorgon Cheese Ball

1 container chive and onion cream cheese
1 cup grated aged cheddar 
1/4 tsp salt
5 slices thick cut Salami
Fig jam
1 pack prosciutto  
Black olives  
1-2 Tbsp Pine nuts

1. Combine chive and onion cream cheese, grated aged cheddar, and salt. Set on a piece of cling wrap and form into a thick disk. Refrigerate. 
2. Slice an edge off of pine nuts to make them more teeth-shaped. 
3. Cut a petal shape out of salami with a knife. Use that petal as a stencil to make four more identical petals. Dip pine nuts in fig jam and gently press into petals to form teeth. Refrigerate petals with teeth. 
4. Set three slices of prosciutto on a serving plate, slightly overlapping. Unwrap cheese ball and place onto prosciutto, wrapping the sliced prosciutto around the cheese ball. Use another slice or two to thoroughly cover the cheese ball, leaving the center bare. 
5. Place around the top of the cheese ball in a demogorgon shape, pressing into the cheese. Use more prosciutto to build up the edges to make the salami stand up rather than droop down the sides. 
6. Spoon chopped black olives in the center of the petals. Decorate with more pine nut “teeth” along her edge of the olives. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Enjoy with crackers!